Watching The Polar Express / myLot

Pikeville, North Carolina

December 18, 2016 6:46pm CST

The Polar Express has never been one of my favorite Christmas movies, though I do admire the work of Tom Hanks in the movie. So much of the computer graphics served no purpose other than to make the movie more impressive in 3-D. The result was a cute story made too long, IMHO. I like the story itself. Perhaps I should read the book the movie is based on. My favorite part of the story is when they get to the Naughty/Nice room and the naughty boy, whose name is Steven, keeps looping on the screen saying "I didn't do it."

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Felicia Kane

@DesirousDreamer (34780)

• Peoria, Arizona

19 Dec 16

The Polar express is my favorite and the book is amazing and adorable. I think it is the one Christmas movie that actually has a good moral at the end and doesn't worry about the presents.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25807)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Dec 16

I think the story line is wonderful, but sometimes seems to get lost in all the CG.

Felicia Kane

@DesirousDreamer (34780)

• Peoria, Arizona

19 Dec 16

@DWDavis It was one of the first movies to actually have that intense of animation. Making the characters look so life like.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25807)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Dec 16

@DesirousDreamer The did do an excellent job with the characters. It was more the scenes in the movie that were just for the 3-D audience I could have done without, such as the ticket blowing away and finally making back to the train.

Patsie Hatley

@Hatley (163781)

• Garden Grove, California

19 Dec 16

yes I liked thaat part too but I liked others netter scrooge is my top most obe

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much2say

@much2say (53941)

• Los Angeles, California

19 Dec 16

My kids just saw part of this at their dentist appointment (they didn't get to finish watching, so we'll be watching this soon). I love the book, but it took a while for me to want to watch the movie . . . I know what you mean by it being a computer graphic show-off piece. I actually think the first time I saw it (before having a family), I may have fallen asleep as it did seem a bit too long

. But when we see it next with the kids, I'll probably see it differently.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25807)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Dec 16

My boys first saw it when they were 12 and 8, and it has been a part of our Christmas tradition ever since. They are 24 and 20 now.

Kevin Akash

@kevinakash (2084)

• Sri Lanka

19 Dec 16

too much of graphics sometimes spoil the hole film. I don't know why recently many hollywood films were totally depended on graphics i mean they think too much about graphics less about the story

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Elizabeth

@Poppylicious (11133)

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19 Dec 16

I first saw this either last year or the year before, and loved it.

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Scott Ganschow

@teamfreak16 (43419)

• Denver, Colorado

19 Dec 16

I've never actually seen this. And I do like Tom Hanks.

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DW Davis

@DWDavis (25807)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

19 Dec 16

It is worth watching at least once. The graphics are impressive, and the storyline is good. Some of the for 3-D only scenes get tedious when watching on a television.

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youless

@youless (112164)

• Guangzhou, China

19 Dec 16

I made a mistake here. At first I thought you mentioned the movie Snowpiercer (Since in Chinese translation it is The Polar Express). But you said it was filmed by Tom Hanks and then I realized you referred another movie. Then I searched the net and I thought it was a nice movie although it was in 2004. My son was born in that year and no wondered I missed this movie. I shall watch it.

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